postrats are basically just rationalists who decided that the rational thing to do was to get therapy but then because they were rationalists decided they were much smarter than all the therapists and they should do it themselves instead.
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I knew that the qualia of rationalism for me is big yud, but I tought there is more to rationalism than less wrong. I also tought that postrats have a common set of ideas. I mean disagreement with "rationality is the best / only tool to solve problems" is a coherent idea?
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I think there are a couple of things worth teasing apart: rationalism: catch all term, means about 10 different only vaguely related things with no common lineage rationalists: specific group of people with a lineage rooted in LW, though no longer centered there (cont)
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